/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.jadapter;

/**
 * The main interface of the framework. 
 * Adapters can both transform objects, and contain
 * runtime type information about it.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 *
 * @param <T> The type this adapter transforms to.
 * @param <F> The type this adapter transforms from.
 */
public interface Adapter<T,F> extends Transformer<T,F> {
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return The type of objects this adapter accepts as input
     */
    public  Class<F> from();

    /**
     * 
     * @return The return type of the transformer
     */
    public Class<T> to();

}
